[AfrICANN-discuss] Re: [members-discuss] Re: [rpd] Recruitment of AfriNIC CEO

[Dr Eberhard Lisse]

And see how that turned out :-)-O

el

On 2014-11-20 11:28, Jeremie Godreche wrote:
> Wasn't Fadi recruited via an agency?  ;)
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> On Thu, Nov 20, 2014 at 10:18 AM, Emmanuel Otchere <emmanuel at otchere.com
> <mailto:emmanuel at otchere.com>> wrote:
> 
>     In my experience it depends on level of knowledge/intimacy the
>     recruiter has of with the organization.  It's the reason
>     In-house managed recruitment seem to be better off.  Many of
>     the sprung up recruiters of today build a portfolio of
>     candidates but they fail to know these candidates intimately,
>     and as a result fail to match right candidates or "sell" the
>     required role needs to organizations.  That said, there are
>     some fantastic recruitment companies that have built extensive
>     knowledge about their candidates and as a result provide rapid
>     turn around when you need that right candidate to hit the
>     ground running at the right time with the right guarantees of
>     performance.  In-house functions may not have this leverage.
>     At the end of it all, it's a matter of looking at the role,
>     level, ease of availability, technicalities of the
>     organization and most importantly the"security" expected
>     around performance guarantee.  Reputable recruiters offer
>     certain levels of guarantee with their recruitment packages
>     which in-house may not have.  At the same time if such a
>     recruitment company is not very well intouch / intimate with
>     the organization then it's purely a "luck" on the back of
>     easing the search.  In such circumstances you're better of
>     with in-house going through the motions of recruiting.
> 
>     >From iOS 7.1
> 
>     > On Nov 20, 2014, at 4:31 PM, Mark Tinka <mark.tinka at seacom.mu
>     <mailto:mark.tinka at seacom.mu>> wrote:
>     >
>     > On Thursday, November 20, 2014 09:44:57 AM Bill Woodcock
>     > wrote:
>     >
>     >> Speaking from my own experience on the ARIN board when we
>     >> had a similar transition to make, I’d say that
>     >> “recruitment professionals” are an unmitigated
>     >> disaster.  They’ll find you a set of generic and mediocre
>     >> candidates, none particularly prepared for the task.  After
>     >> two false starts using “recruitment professionals” we
>     >> gave up on them and hired someone we knew was capable of
>     >> handling the job, and who wouldn’t flake out.  And
>     >> that’s worked out really well for us.
>     >
>     > I'd tend to agree, in this case.
>     >
>     > We know the community, and that's an advantage worth
>     > exploiting.
>     >
>     > Mark.
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